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White House Communications Team

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 13571 Report
White House Reportedly Shares Purportedly AI-Altered Arrest Photo Depicting Minnesota Protester Nekima Levy Armstrong as Crying

2026-01-22

The White House reportedly posted a purportedly AI-altered image on X showing Minnesota protester and attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong appearing to cry during her arrest. An earlier image reportedly shared by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem showed her calm. Reported analysis by third parties using AI detection tools found signs of purported facial manipulation, which could be replicated using generative AI systems.

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White House

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1357
    1 Report

    White House Reportedly Shares Purportedly AI-Altered Arrest Photo Depicting Minnesota Protester Nekima Levy Armstrong as Crying

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Executive Office of the President

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1357
    1 Report

    White House Reportedly Shares Purportedly AI-Altered Arrest Photo Depicting Minnesota Protester Nekima Levy Armstrong as Crying

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1357
    1 Report

    White House Reportedly Shares Purportedly AI-Altered Arrest Photo Depicting Minnesota Protester Nekima Levy Armstrong as Crying

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Unknown image generator developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1357
    1 Report

    White House Reportedly Shares Purportedly AI-Altered Arrest Photo Depicting Minnesota Protester Nekima Levy Armstrong as Crying

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Nekima Levy Armstrong

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1357
    1 Report

    White House Reportedly Shares Purportedly AI-Altered Arrest Photo Depicting Minnesota Protester Nekima Levy Armstrong as Crying

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1357
    1 Report

    White House Reportedly Shares Purportedly AI-Altered Arrest Photo Depicting Minnesota Protester Nekima Levy Armstrong as Crying

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1357
    1 Report

    White House Reportedly Shares Purportedly AI-Altered Arrest Photo Depicting Minnesota Protester Nekima Levy Armstrong as Crying

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Unknown image generator technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1357
    1 Report

    White House Reportedly Shares Purportedly AI-Altered Arrest Photo Depicting Minnesota Protester Nekima Levy Armstrong as Crying

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